EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:23
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And he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him a seven days’ journey, and he overtook him at Mount Gilad.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on 31:23 (citing Bereishis Rabbah).
Lemma: דרך שבעת ימים.
English: “A seven days’ journey” — all that Yaakov had traveled in seven days, Lavan covered in a single day.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Midrashic calculation of the relative speeds of the two parties.
Lavan’s pursuit was supernaturally swift; the seven-day distance of Yaakov’s flight was closed by Lavan in a single day.